STAND. COM. REP. NO.  276-22

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2022

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2329

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Culture, Arts, & International Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2329 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Require the Department of Land and Natural Resources to place historical markers in the State to indicate significant sites in the life of President Barack Obama; and

 

     (2)  Appropriate funds for this purpose.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

 

     Your Committee finds that it is important and appropriate that the State celebrate and commemorate President Obama's early life in Hawaii.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Requiring the Department of Land and Natural Resources, in consultation with the Hawaii Tourism Authority and State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, to determine the appropriate location for the historical markers, rather than requiring the placement of the historical markers at specifically identified locations;

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2044, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Culture, Arts, & International Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2329, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2329, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Culture, Arts, & International Affairs,

 

 

 

 

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CEDRIC ASUEGA GATES, Chair